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SKALD: Against the Black Priory

Developed by High North Studios AS

About the game — TGN editorial note

SKALD: Against the Black Priory is a role-playing game with a retro visual style that looks back to the Ultima games of the 1980s. Players search for a missing friend across a cursed land crawling with Lovecraftian horrors. It was made by Norwegian studio High North Studios, with Raw Fury publishing it in 2024. Reviews were mixed to positive, praising its aesthetic and old-school atmosphere while questioning its combat and graphical readability.